University of Central Florida STARS Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 2014 Identifying the Initial Mental Health Messages of Army ROTC Students and Exploring Their Connection to Mental Health Stigma and Help-Seeking Behaviors Kristopher Hall University of Central Florida Part of the Counselor Education Commons, and the Education Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access) is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. STARS Citation Hall, Kristopher, "Identifying the Initial Mental Health Messages of Army ROTC Students and Exploring Their Connection to Mental Health Stigma and Help-Seeking Behaviors" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019. 4552. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/4552 IDENTIFYING THE INITIAL MENTAL HEALTH MESSAGES OF ARMY ROTC STUDENTS AND EXPLORING THEIR CONNECTION TO MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA AND HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIORS by KRISTOPHER GREGORY HALL B.A. St. Augustine’s College, 2005 M.A. Seton Hall University, 2008 Ed.S. Seton Hall University, 2009 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the College of Education and Human Performance at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Summer Term 2014 Major Professor: W. Bryce Hagedorn ABSTRACT Mental health stigma among military service members has been recognized as a significant barrier to mental health treatment as researchers (Greenberg, Langston, & Gould, 2007; Greene-Shortridge, Britt, & Castro, 2007; Hoge et al., 2004; Pietrzak, Johnson, Goldstein, Malley, & Southwick, 2009) have concluded that military service members are reluctant to engage in help seeking behaviors to avoid negative labeling in the form of stereotyping.